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The Japan Coast Guard claims that two government ships from the People's Republic of China have entered waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2013-02-4

President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou praises the flotilla of fishermen that sailed to waters around Senkaku Islands earlier in the week in order to assert Taiwan's territorial claim. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120927_24.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-27

Japanese automakers suspend operations in China until after National Day and announce plans to cut output in the country.
2012-09-26

China cancels events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan.
2012-09-24

Three Chinese surveillance ships enter Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20120928071848-http:--www.yomiuri.co.jp-dy-national-T120924003925.htm ("Yomiuri Shimbun")] [http:--mainichi.jp-english-english-newsselect-news-20120924p2g00m0dm029000c.html (Kyodo News via "Mainichi Shimbun")]date=August 2019
2012-09-24

Japan sends its vice foreign minister, Chikao Kawai, to China in order to improve the status of relations between the two countries.
2012-09-24

Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda condemns the anti-Japan protests in China.
2012-09-16

Luo Zhaohui, the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Asian department, vowed China would "never accept Japan's illegal occupation or so-called 'actual control'" of the islands.
2012-09-12

United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell urges both Japan and China to not escalate tensions; reminds both nations that they are the "cockpit of the global economy", that the "stakes could not be bigger", and for leaders from both countries to "keep that squarely in mind".
2012-09-11